Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 242 Thistle Town
Ten miles away from the official road outside Santunying City, Wu Xiang, Wu Sangui and his son, as well as several senior generals and guerrillas under the command of the Jizhen Army, were waiting on the side of the road with their own soldiers, waiting for the upcoming Dongge Hong Chengchou, a bachelor and imperial governor of Jiliao.

Wu Xiang and the others didn't wait for long. With the sound of rumbling horseshoes, a puff of smoke rose from the official road in the distance. Wu Xiang and the others hurriedly stood in the middle of the official road from the side of the road.

Sixteen colorful flags in five colors of vermilion, blue, yellow, white, and blue, embroidered with flying tigers, five-star beads, colorful phoenixes, clouds, and flying fishes caught everyone's eyes. The knights holding the flags were all wearing black armor and phoenixes Winged helmet, between Gu Pan's murderous look.

Immediately afterwards, a neutral vertical banner with black characters on a white background and a blue border, with seven big characters written "Imperial Commander Ji Liaohong" flashed out of the smoke and dust raised by the cavalry in front, and was led by a tall and mighty middle-class man in black armor all over his body. The flag officer held his hands high.More than ten steps behind Zhiban, Hong Chengchou, wearing a big red crane mending suit and a black gauze on his head, rode his horse calmly. Behind him and on both sides were hundreds of soldiers in black armor with spears in their pockets. There are five hundred personal soldiers with big swords, long bows on their backs, and quiver on their waists. These five hundred personal soldiers were dispatched from the Yongwei Battalion to Hong Chengchou by order of Zhu Youjian.

The knights holding the guard of honor flags began to slow down their horses a hundred steps away from Wu Xiang and others. Wu Xiang took the lead and the generals of Ji Town knelt down in the middle of the official road. The flag officer of the Chinese army held a straight flag and stepped aside, Hong Chengchou urged his horse to come up to Wu Xiang and others.

"Wu Xiang, the commander-in-chief of Ji Town, Wu Xiang, the commander-in-chief of the five armies, is meeting with Governor Hong!"

"Wu Sangui, the deputy general of Guangning, who is a low-ranking officer, has a meeting with the supervisor!"

"Wang Xingzhen, the subordinate general of the general of Ji Town, who is under the command of the low-ranking Jizhen Township, has a meeting with the supervisor!"

"Ma Cheng, a general under the command of the general of Jizhen Township, has a meeting with the supervisor!"

"The low-ranking Jizhen commander-in-chief attacked Li Fan to see the supervisor!"

"The low-ranking Jizhen guerrilla can especially see the supervisor!"

After the generals of Ji Town registered loudly for the meeting, Hong Chengchou dismounted from his horse and walked slowly to Wu Xiang and the others. The soldiers on the side grabbed Hong Chengchou's horse by the reins and took it aside.

"Commander Zuo, please stand up! Uncle, I never thought that I would meet you so soon! Hehehe! All generals, get up!"

Hong Chengchou kindly called Wu Sangui's name and said warmly.

Wu Sangui served under Hong Chengchou's tent for nearly two years, and was ordered to return after exterminating the thieves in northern Shaanxi. It took less than three months for the two to meet again.

"The boy is deeply honored to be able to serve under the Superintendent's tent again! I wonder if Mr. Shen came to Ji Town with the Superintendent?"

After Wu Xiang and the others got up, Wu Sangui clasped his fists together and said respectfully.

"The governor of Kungang will transport the food and pay later, and he will arrive later; I have heard the name of the governor of Zuo for a long time, and I saw it today, and it is really extraordinary! The governor of Zuo has taught his son well. To have an elder uncle like this, the Wu family has lived for several generations. Wealth can be expected, it is really enviable! Hehehe!"

It is better to praise my son than to praise my father.Hong Chengchou, who had ulterior motives, made no secret of his appreciation for Wu Sangui, and put a high hat on Wu's father and son in front of everyone.

The saying that the Wu family can be prosperous for several generations has a profound meaning: With such a good son, don’t count on your ancestors, your Wu family will be fine for several generations.

Everyone loves to hear good things, no matter they are true or not.

Wu Xiang's fair face was radiant, he cupped his hands and saluted and said: "Mr. Superintendent's praise! Gouzi is fortunate to be able to obey the orders under the tent of the superintendent, and under the guidance of the superintendent, it is possible to achieve today's achievements! The superintendent's support and support , I will never forget my humble position and dog son! The supervisor has come from the capital to work hard, this is not a place to talk, please get on the horse, and the humble position will lead the way to the General Military Mansion to rest!"

After the day's application time passed, Hong Chengchou, who was dressed in Taoist robes after bathing and changing, sat on the main seat in the living room of the backyard of the General Military Mansion, accompanied by Wu Xiang and his son.

"This official is ordered to supervise Ji Liao. The intention is to strengthen the northeast gate of the capital, so as to prevent the same changes from happening again. Right now, the line from Juyongguan to Jizhen is heavily guarded by officers and troops along the side walls. The imperial court has allocated money and food. Repair the damaged part of the side wall, and it will be impossible for the prisoners to cross the wall as before. Commander Zuo, the most important defense for your town is the line from Xifengkou to Zunhua. Your department needs to deploy heavy troops Come to this area, and select brave generals to garrison, there must be no negligence!"

In the second year of Chongzhen's Jisi Incident, Huang Taiji led [-] Qing soldiers to detour through Mongolia. On October Wuyin Day, they broke through the Xifeng Pass of the Great Wall and captured Zunhua.

The final result of this incident led to Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, who was executed by Ling Chi, and dozens of civilians and generals of the Ming Dynasty were killed and martyred.

As the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou's rectification of Liaodong is still secondary. The most important thing is not to let the tragedy happen again, otherwise Yuan Chonghuan will be a lesson for him.

"Reporting to the supervisor, there are a total of more than 3000 horse infantry troops in the humble ranks. Among them, Xifengkou and Han'erzhuang have already been stationed under the ranks of the humble ranks, Liu Ming, and [-] troops have been stationed. The rest of the troops are in three garrisons. Relying on the camp town and city, deploy defenses to the north, build deep moats, and countless waist walls to prevent their horses from galloping, forming several lines of defense to prevent Jianlu from breaking through the side walls, and take several measures together. It is not easy to become afraid!"

At the time of the Jisi change, the soldiers of Jizhen were too weak to use, and the walls of several fortresses that intercepted the cavalry were also abandoned due to lack of money to maintain them.

The change of Jisi brought Jizhen, which was gradually neglected, back to the imperial court. Two years after Chongzhen, the imperial court reorganized the soldiers of Jizhen and repaired the damaged fortress, which gradually restored the defense of Jizhen.

Although Wu Xiang is cowardly and cowardly, he has been in the Liaodong border for many years, and under the influence of the sun, he still knows a thing or two about how to prevent the Jianzhou Jurchens from rushing.

After arriving in Jizhen, he declared to the imperial court the consequences of Jianlu's iron cavalry's maneuverability, asked for money and food to build a deep ditch parapet to limit the large-scale gathering of enemy cavalry to charge, and dispatched Liu Ming, the most capable general under his command He led his troops to camp on the front line of Xifengkou.With various measures, Wu Xiang is confident that even if Jianlu gathers a large army and wants to break through again, he can support it until the imperial court mobilizes heavy troops to come to help.

"The Zuo Dudu works diligently, and I will make a statement to the court; Jizhen is responsible for maintaining the safety of the capital. The Zuo Dudu and the generals under his command must always be vigilant and not slack off. When I left Beijing, I heard that the Ministry of War had dispatched During the inspection along Juyongguan all the way to the east, if anyone found negligence, regardless of their military rank, they would all be dismissed on the spot and served before serving in the army! After I left the pass, the left governor called all the generals to explain the matter, and sent another scout The scouts go out to the wall to watch out, just in case of accidents!"

Zhu Youjian ordered the Ministry of War to send personnel to inspect the border wall east of Xuanda in order to prevent the invasion of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the 11th year of Chongzhen in history, so as to eliminate hidden dangers and germinate them in time.

"I would like to obey the order of the supervisor! The supervisor is coming to Ji Town, why not stay for a few more days, the humble officer and the dog would like to listen to the teachings of the supervisor! The humble officer has set up a banquet in the flower hall to clean up the dust for the supervisor, and invite you later The supervisor moves to the tasting!"

Wu Xiang would not let go of the opportunity to curry favor with this important official. Although the Liaodong generals have supported their troops for many years, the court has no way to deal with them for the time being, but since Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong, the Liaodong generals no longer have any spokespersons in the court.

Seeing that the rise of Hong Chengchou, who is in his prime, is unstoppable, he will definitely hold an important position when he returns to the capital in the future. Taking advantage of Wu Sangui's acquaintance with him, Wu Xiang will of course try his best to cling to him in order to leave a way out.

"Hehe! The governor of the left is mature and prudent, and the eldest uncle is both civil and military. It is really rare among the generals of the current court! If some of the important officials of the court did not attack him with other things, I would definitely recommend it to the Holy One! What a pity!"

Hong Chengchou said with a gentle smile, pointing directly at his ancestors.

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